A new “bar screen” at the city of Brookings’ wastewater treatment plant that removes items that pass through the system — but shouldn’t — has been installed at a cost of $244,500. The equipment isn’t so interesting as the stuff it collects, said City Manager
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Work continues at Azalea Park — at KidTown, the ballfields, the azalea gardens and trees — as the city of Brookings strives to make the park even more attractive to all who visit. Parks Supervisor Tony Baron has been working for years on the ballfields
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A win’s win. While the Brookings-Harbor boys basketball team (2-2) still have plenty to work on in the season, at the moment they can take pride in their 58-50 victory over North Valley Tuesday night. The Bruins came out scorching hot in the opening quarter,
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The Bell and Whistle Coffee House, located at the Port of Brookings Harbor, has been sold again, the second transition of ownership for the port coffee shop in the past year. The new owner, Misty Crawford, has retained many of the shop’s employees and looks forward to implementing some new ideas. “I’m excited,” Crawford said. “We have big plans, but I’d also like to further
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Known for painting ocean scenes that walk the line between abstract and realism, Brookings artist Spencer Reynolds, along with his wife Stacey, has spent the last year pursuing a new project: opening Semi Aquatic Gallery. A Brookings native, Spencer has lived many lives — selling his art at outdoor shows, traveling, working for educational media companies — but the gallery, located at 654 Chetco Avenue,
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Frugal holidays In line with the excellent and entertaining article by Scott Graves (Pilot, Dec. 3) our Pilot editor, pertaining to gifts for Christmas, Scott’s article brought back memories of Christmas in Connecticut. Those were the Depression years, and we children received underwear, socks and
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Life Flight Proposal As someone who finally fulfilled a 40-plus year dream to live in Brookings, and who just learned how financially devastatingly the cost of a Life Flight can be for an ordinary person, I propose the following: Increase the cost of a Life
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Eugene Wellenbrock of Brookings has always marvelled at the stacks of letters his grandmother kept from his father, Arnold, who wrote home religiously since the day he left for college. Arnold lived in Glenwood, Washington, attended Central Washington University and entered the Army Air Corps to train people to fly in battle he was fortunate enough to never see. But a set of letters recently
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Today (Dec. 7) marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor — a day U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said would “live on in infamy” — and a devastating attack on U.S. soil that marked the beginning of World War II in the
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